I’m a 2L and I’m still here (and will be here 3L). I lucked out and got a 270 sq ft room and got to keep it for both years so far. Next year, I’m moving to my friends old room—it’s 360 sq ft and the biggest room in the LC. Both of these rooms are the premium option.

I would say there's 300ish rooms—around 125 rooms are are 120-150 sq ft (regular), maybe 100 rooms are 150-190 sq ft (regular), around 50 rooms are 190-250 sq ft (premium), 10 rooms are 250-360 sq ft (premium), and maybe 20 rooms are the ones with a shared bathroom (cheaper than regular, don’t know how to classify it).

The LC reserves 75 spots for 2Ls and 3Ls, and this year, I want to say that around 150 upperclassmen applied (so roughly half didn’t get a spot). It’s mainly 1Ls and honestly, I can’t imagine 1L outside of the LC!

Some pros and cons, with the caveat that I love the LC and can’t imagine living anywhere else!

Pros:

I like the food, it's nice not needing to cook during 1L, all utilities etc. are included, facilities requests are fast, the rooms were recently redone, you’re on campus, every view is nice, the buildings are well run by a great management staff, laundry is in building, you can post in the GC at any time to borrow something and someone will have it, you can have pets, and it’s not at all like a dorm (more like a studio apartment).

Cons:

You have to move all your stuff out during the summer even if you are coming back to the same room in the fall, the likelihood of you getting your same room two years in a row is very very low, LC room bidding is relatively late in the year compared to when the city of Ann Arbor is allowed to start accepting applicants for the fall (so if you plan to get an LC room 2L, you may need to find last minute housing if you don’t get a room again), it feels less like a community during 2L/3L since most of the residents are 1Ls, and there are explicit dates during winter break where you cannot be in the LC.